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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   2,792 votes
Writers:
Byambasuren Davaa (writer)
Batbayar Davgadorj (writer)
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Release Date:
8 January 2004 (Germany) more
Tagline:
Some fairy tales are true... some legends are real. more
Plot:
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 9 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
The Story of the Weeping Camel provides a universal message of how we all need love to survive delicately laced into the tale of a sad little camel more

Cast

 (Credited cast)
Janchiv Ayurzana ... Janchiv
Chimed Ohin ... Chimed
Amgaabazar Gonson ... Amgaa
Zeveljamz Nyam ... Zevel
Ikhbayar Amgaabazar ... Ikchee
Odgerel Ayusch ... Odgoo
Enkhbulgan Ikhbayar ... Dude
Uuganbaatar Ikhbayar ... Ugna
Guntbaatar Ikhbayar ... Guntee
Munkhbayar Lhagvaa ... Munkbayar, violin teacher
Ariunjargal Adiya ... Teacher's Assistant
Dogo Roljav ... Relative Aimak I
Chuluunzezeg Gur ... Relative Aimak II
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Botok ... Baby Camel
Ingen Tenne ... Mother Camel
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Story of the Weeping Camel (International: English title)
The Weeping Camel (Australia)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some mild thematic content.
Runtime:
87 min (25 fps) | 90 min (24 fps) | Hong Kong:93 min (Hong Kong International Film Festival)
Country:
Germany
Language:
Mongolian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Aimak, Mongolia more
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Trivia:
The program that Ugna enjoys on TV is the Soviet animation classic "Nu, pogodi!" (1969) more
Quotes:
Ikchee: The last baby camel still hasn't come today.
Odgoo: Perhaps tomorrow then.
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Movie Connections:
Features "Nu, pogodi!" (1969) more

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39 out of 42 people found the following comment useful:-
The Story of the Weeping Camel provides a universal message of how we all need love to survive delicately laced into the tale of a sad little camel, 4 January 2004
Author: emilyblunt from Los Angeles

There's a new style of film eking into the film biz called "Narrative Documentary." What? An oxymoron you tutt-tutt silently as you read.Well, yes and no. It describes a documentary that has been embellished with narrative scenes to ultimately create the arc-drama one finds in a feature film with the intelligence of a documentary.

Narrative documentary is truly an appropriate expression for this wonderfully unique and intriguing little gem, The Story of the Weeping Camel.

As you watch the fairly simple tale of a camel that after a grueling birthing of her albino calf, she decides she's not interested in the ideas of motherhood and abandons the newborn to fend for itself.

Sounds positively dull until you start to watch this young mother and the footage the filmmakers gathered and you are pulled in - mesmerized, "How did the film crew get this?" It feels like a documentary, looks like a documentary but then there's the story obviously running along side the remarkable footage that you realize is scripted, storyboarded and a team behind the lens have planned. Amazing.

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